Aki (name)

Aki (pronounced Ah-kee) is a surname, a given name and a nickname. Aki is a common Japanese, Finnish and Nigerian given name. Aki is also a Japanese surname, and also of one of the Vysya families in India. They mainly reside in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Possible writings in Japanese
  • あき, hiragana
  • アキ, katakana
  • 明, "bright"
  • 燦, "brilliant, bright, radiance"
  • 昭, "shining"
  • 秋, "autumn"
  • 彬, "refined, gentle"
  • 爽, "refreshing, bracing, resonant, sweet"
  • 晶, "sparkle"
  • 暁, "daybreak"
  • 彰, "acknowledge"
  • 晃, "clear"
  • 亜紀, "asia, chronicle"
  • 亜希, "asia, hope"
  • 愛希, "love, hope"

People

Given name
Aki
Gender Male
Female / Male
Origin
Word/nameJapanese, Finnish, and Nigerian
Other names
See alsoAkiko
Akina
Akie
  • Aki Avni (born 1967), Israeli actor, entertainer and television host
  • Aki Berg (born 1977), Finnish former National Hockey League player
  • Aki Hakala, Finnish drummer of The Rasmus
  • Aki Hata (畑 亜貴, born 1966), Japanese musician and lyricist
  • Aki Heikkinen (born 1980), Finnish decathlete
  • Aki Hoshino (ほしの あき) (born 1977), Japanese gravure idol
  • Aki Jones (1982-2014), American football player
  • Aki Kangasmäki (born 1989), Finnish ice hockey player
  • Aki Karvonen (born 1957), Finnish cross-country skier
  • Aki Kaurismäki (born 1957), Finnish screenwriter and film director
  • Aki Kawamura (川村亜紀) (born 1980), Japanese gravure idol
  • Aki Lahtinen (born 1958), Finnish former footballer
  • Aki Linnanahde, Finnish TV and radio personality
  • Aki Maeda (前田亜季) (born 1985), Japanese actress and singer
  • Aki Maeda (MAX), a member of the J-pop group MAX from 2002 to 2008
  • Aki Misato (美郷 あき) (born 1981), Japanese singer
  • Aki Narita (成田 亜希, born 1976), Japanese speed skater
  • Aki Ollikainen (born 1973), Finnish novelist
  • Aki Orr (1931-2013), Israeli writer and political activist
  • Aki Parviainen (born 1974), Finnish javelin thrower
  • Aki Ra (born c. 1973), Cambodian landmine disposal expert and former Khmer Rouge conscripted child soldier
  • Aki Riihilahti (born 1976), Finnish retired footballer
  • Aki Sasamoto (笹本 晃) (born 1980), Japanese artist based in New York
  • Aki Sawada (澤田 亜紀) (born 1988), Japanese former figure skater
  • Aki Seiuli (born 1992), New Zealand rugby union player
  • Aki Shibahara, Japanese musician, member of the British indie pop band Warm Jets (1997-?)
  • Aki Shibata (芝田安希) (born 1981), Japanese former volleyball player
  • Aki Shimazaki (born 1954), Canadian novelist and translator
  • Aki Shimizu (志水 アキ), Japanese manga artist
  • Aki Sirkesalo (1962-2004), Finnish musician
  • Aki Sudo (須藤 亜貴, born 1975), Japanese ice hockey player
  • Aki Takahashi (高橋 アキ) (born 1944), Japanese pianist
  • Aki Takase (高瀬 アキ) (born 1948), Japanese jazz pianist and composer
  • Aki Takayama (高山亜樹) (born 1970), Japanese former synchronized swimmer
  • Aki Tonoike (外ノ池 亜希, born 1979), Japanese speed skater
  • Aki Toyosaki (豊崎 愛生) (born 1986), a Japanese voice actress
  • Aki Tsuchida (土田 亜希, born 1979), Japanese ice hockey player
  • Aki Ulander (born 1981), Finnish basketball player
  • Aki Uusikartano (born 1977), Finnish retired footballer
  • Aki Yamada (山田 明季, born 1992), Japanese field hockey player
  • Aki Yazawa (矢澤 亜希, born 1991), Japanese slalom canoeist

Nickname or stage name
  • Aki Aleong (born 1934), American actor, singer and songwriter
  • Akihiro Ienaga (家長 昭博) (born 1986), Japanese football player commonly referred to as "Aki"
  • Akinori Iwamura (岩村 明憲) (born 1979), Japanese baseball player and manager referred to as "Aki" while playing in Major League Baseball
  • Aki Kumar (born 1980), Indian-born American blues musician
  • Akihiko Aki Kuroda (黒田 アキ) (born 1944), Japanese painter
  • Aki Nawaz (fl. 1981-present), British rapper and musician born Haq Nawaz Qureshi
  • Alfred Schmidt (footballer) (1935-2016), German football player and manager
  • Aki (rapper), real name Aleksi Swallow, Swedish rapper with Swedish hip hop band Labyrint
  • Akarsha

Surname
  • Angela Aki (アンジェラ・アキ) (born 1977), Japanese singer-songwriter
  • Bundee Aki (born 1990), New Zealand-Irish rugby union player
  • Izumi Aki (亜希 いずみ) (born 1960), Japanese pink film actress
  • Keiiti Aki (安芸 敬一) (1930–2005), Japanese-American geophysicist and professor
  • Tong Kee or T. Aki (died 1887), Chinese immigrant businessman in the Kingdom of Hawaii involved in the Aki opium scandal
  • Yoko Aki (阿木 燿子) (born 1945), Japanese songwriter, actress, novelist and essayist

Fictional and legendary characters

See also
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